A 50-year-old trader, Mrs. Tuale Iwejim, has died after she was hit by a 16-year-old boy who was using his mother’s SUV to test his driving skills at the Arena Shopping Mall, Oshodi, Lagos State.

According to a report by Punch, Tuale was in the shopping complex to purchase some items for her shop when she was knocked down by the SUV. The teenager and his mum were in the shopping complex to pick up some times. His mum went back to pick their remaining items and asked him to wait in their vehicle. While waiting, some persons began to complain that the SUV was obstructing the free flow of traffic in the complex. Instead of informing them that he couldn't drive, the teenager took the keys from his mother's bag and hopped on the driver's seat. He was said to have put it in reverse and hit the 50-year-old two times.

Mrs Iwejim was rushed to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi Araba, Surulere, where she had surgery before her death on Thursday, September 4, 2020.

Her husband, Christopher Iwejim, who recounted the unfortunate incident said

''We were told that the boy and his mother went to the market to buy some things. After they did, the woman asked the son to wait for her in the car so that she could go and pack the remaining items.

“While the boy was inside the car, somebody shouted that the vehicle was obstructing traffic and asked the occupant to park well. Instead of him to say he was not the driver, he took the key from the mother’s bag and started driving.

“He managed to engage the gear on drive, but forgot to use the brake. That was how he hit Tuale. While struggling to put it on reverse, he hit her again. She sustained what I will call first degree injuries on both legs from her waist down. The boy also damaged some billboards and structures in the market.”Iwejim said

The N400,000, which the Delta State indigene borrowed to buy goods in the market, was stolen while she was being extricated from the wreckage.

The son of the deceased, Amos, said his mother spent about three weeks at the hospital, where doctors battled to save her life.

“When the accident happened, she was stuck in a gas cylinder, and when they tried to remove her, some parts of her flesh got torn. Her hip bone was divided from her body. It also appeared like there were iron rods in her leg and there was a hole in the leg” he said

The family of the deceased said they reached an agreement with the family of the teenager to share the medical bills 50-50. However, the teenager’s mother identified as Victoria Ogunleye, was said to have showed up at the hospital twice with N100,000 on each occasion while the family of the deceased spent as much as N1.5m.

The son of the deceased frowned at the military's decision to release the confiscated SUV of the Ogunleye's to them despite the fact that his mum was still in the hospital.

“The military police called my dad and said the woman wanted to pick her vehicle, and he told them not to release it. But to our surprise, they released the vehicle to the family.

LUTH later said they wanted to perform a surgery on her. A day after the surgery, she became unstable and they called my dad to ask if he could afford the ICU, because her breathing was not good. He agreed. They put her there, but she passed away the third day.”

After her death, both families had a meeting where the Iwejims demanded that the teenager's family bear the cost of burial and fulfill the agreement to share the medical cost by 50 percent.

The Military is yet to comment on the incident.

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This is too bad to read
RIP Mrs. Tuale

My heartfelt condolence to the family she left behind. May her gentle soul rest in perfect peace.

Ahn Ahn
What kind of death is this naaw


Poor mother will not know she will die due to the stupidity of a 16 year old

The boy will still be pardoned Sha



I am under Righteousness89 btw...

Someone still managed to steal her money despite her condition, some people are really heartless.

D boys legs should be severed off in return.





While growing up years ago, an evil and reckless thought like dis has occurred to me severally, but I often fought it off remembering d consequences if gone wrong. Why couldn't he had done same?? At 16 he already had a strong mind of his own?

So sad
May her soul rest in peace
So many thousand's way to die Nigeria.
Even at ur home and place of work Trouble will still come and meet u.

Cha E!

Why was he trying to move the car.......... Stupid fellow.....


Go to a proper driving school and learn how to drive........

Xbox, YouTube and PlayStation, can never teach you how to drive.........

Righteousness89:
Condolences to the Family of Dead..

May God Preserve and Protect us From Unnecessary Evils..

I say this as a Form of Necessity!
If you Happen to Come across Someone in the state of this woman maybe in a Hospital or anywhere! In Everything you do, Ensure First that they are led to Christ.

The Eternal Destination of our Soul is Most Important.

Life could be Gone at anytime and What Really Matters is if we Departed with JESUS Christ..

Let's take note of this and Help as much as we can help to Eternal Life..

Certain Chances are for a Purpose

Raw Truth

Na WAA

nawa ooo
RIP to the dead�

My God!!

you can't arrest a 16yr old just flog him and tell him not to do it again

Sad one... Journey well Mrs. Tuale..

Hmmn..This world is wicked..

I sell bedsheets and duvet,DM to get one

Na wa o

RIP

He is trying to prove he is big guy!

The mum did not expect such from him.

Pathetic.
Parent will now pay for what they did not buy

Too bad

RIP

I can still recall what happened to me the first day I drove my dad's car without knowing how to drive!

Everyday wahala

Hmm, Tuale oo Mama!!!

Omg

Something somewhere must just kill a man.

RIP!!!!!!!!

Sollykay41:
Someone still managed to steal her money despite her condition, some people are really heartless.

This is a reported incident. i doubt any 400k was stolen....d narrator just jomo price, incase anything go come out